British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said, German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that the European Union would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit deal.

Hunt is one of nearly a dozen Conservatives to replace Theresa May as party leader and UK Prime Minister. He said, he spoke with Ms Merkel last week and was convinced changing Ms May’s agreement.

Hunt did not specify if he was referring to the legally binding withdrawal agreement, which the EU has repeatedly insisted cannot be re-opened, or to the accompanying political declaration on future relations, which could be revisited.

Ms May had agreed the package with the EU last year but British lawmakers rejected it three times, forcing her to delay Brexit twice – the latest extension being to 31st October.